investment passport of zbarazh district, ternopil region

INVESTMENT PASSPORT
OF ZBARAZH DISTRICT,
TERNOPIL REGION
2015
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WELKOMING ADDRESS
Investment passport of Zbarazh District was created by the Department of
Economic Development and Infrastructure of Zbarazh District State Administration. It
contains high-quality, relevant and comprehensive information about competitive
advantages and investment opportunities of the district and aims at disclosure and
realization of its investment potential.
We hope that the publication will be not only a source of information for
business, but will also increase the investment attractiveness of the area, will become an
effective tool for establishing business contacts with potential investors, facilitate the
adoption of positive decisions on investments in the territory of Zbarazh district.
Zbarazh District
State Administration
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE
DISTRICT
- Favorable geographical position: Zbarazh district is located in close proximity
to transit centers of Western Ukraine and border crossings with European countries;
- Favorable climatic conditions for realization of investment projects in agroindustrial complex;
- Unique tourist potential: architectural memorials and nature reserve fund;
- Significant natural resource potential: 60.846 hectares of arable land, 69.86
hectares of mineral deposits;
- Labour resource potential: 32.1 thousand of economically active population
of the working age.
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CONTENT
SECTION 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT
1.1. Natural, geographic and climatic conditions
1.2. Demography and human resources
1.3. Raw materials and resource potential
1.4. Main indicators of economic and social development
1.5. Economic potential
1.6. Transport infrastructure
1.7. Education
1.8. Social and cultural sphere
1.9. Success stories
SECTION 2. OFFERS FOR INVESTORS
2.1. Priority areas for investment
2.2. Strategic investment projects
2.3. Available land plots and real estate objects
SECTION 3. CONTACT INFORMATION
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SECTION 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE
DISTRICT
1.1 NATURAL, GEOGRAPHIC AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
Zbarazh district is located in the northeast of Ternopil region. It belongs to the
northern part of central agro-climatic area of the region, a so-cold Kholodne Podillya.
Surface construction of the district is a rolling plain, significantly raised above the sea
level. Most of the territory has the absolute height of 350-400 meters.
Tovtry Ridge and Avratynska Height, which are the watershed of the Dniester
and the Prypyat river basins, are the most notable elements in the area orphography. The
highest point is Zubova Mount near the village of Dobrovody with the height of 432
meters, Knyazha Mount – 406 meters, Zamkova Hill – 388 meters.
The main river of Zbarazh district is the Hnizna with the length of 73 km. The
Horyn refers to the basin of the Prypyat River, and the Hnizna refers to the basin of the
Dniester. The hydrological regime of rivers is connected with the springs depending on
the season, atmospheric precipitations and groundwater.
The distance from Zbarazh to the regional centre of Ternopil is 22 kilometers.
The motorway and the railway line of national importance towards Kyiv passes through
the area.
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1.2. DEMOGRAPHY AND HUMAN RESOURCES
The population is 58.2 thousand people.
There are 73 villages and 68 hamlets in the district.
The average salary is 2,211 UAH.
AGE STRUCTURE
pensioners
16,1%
children 15,3%
working
age population
68,6%
6,111 people work on the enterprises of the district: 830 people – in industry, 816
– in agriculture, 352 – in trade, 89 – in construction; 76 – in transport, 3,948 – in nonproductive sphere.
The structure of employees by economic activities
non-productive
64,6%
sphere
industry
13,6%
agriculture
13,3%
5,8%
trade
construction
1,5%
transport
1,2%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
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1.3 RAW MATERIALS AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Land resources
The total land area is 86.3 thousand hectares, including 72.7 thousand hectares or
82% belonging to the farmland. The arable land occupies 71.7% of the total area,
perennial plants – 1.8%, hayfields – 1.8% and pastures – 7.6%.
9.4 thousand hectares or 11% of the area accounts for roads, streets, buildings,
waters, wetlands, forests, shrubs and other lands.
Forests
The total area of the lands of the district unified state forest fund is 7.9 thousand
hectares. In particular, forest lands area occupies 7.6 thousand hectares, and area of
shrubs is 0.3 thousand hectares.
The type of the forest cover is deciduous and coniferous. Thanks to forestation
and reforestation, forest cover of the district has increased in recent years. The total
reserve of timber has increased, too. The species composition of plantations has been
improved, including the increased proportion of pin breeds and boled oak.
Water resources
The length of the river Hnizna on the territory of the district is 30 km. 48 streams
carry their waters to the river Hnizna. The length of the Horyn river within the district is
19 km. The total area of ponds is 321.5 hectares, and the total area of artificial
reservoirs is 28.3 hectares.
Minerals
Natural construction materials, such as carbonate rocks of sandstone, and loesslike loams are the most common among the minerals in the district. Particularly
noteworthy are limestone of Tovtry Ridge – organic limestones. The power of limestone
sometimes reaches 60 meters. In the northern part of the district there are Sarmatian
limestone deposits that are moving further north into chalk.
There are deposits of quartz sand on the lands of Chernyhivtsi, Zarubyntsi,
Novyky and Ivanchany village councils, and deposits of building stone in Dobryvody
and Kokhanivka village councils. Ternopil Karrier Management JSC deals with the
development of Sarmatian limestone in carriers on the territories of Kydantsi and Staryy
Zbarazh.
Significant deposits of clay are effectively used in the production of bricks.
Currently, it is carried out at Vyshnivets brick factory of building materials and
Zaruddya brick factory.
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1.4 MAIN INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT
Basic indicators of social and economic development of Zbarazh district
Name of indicator
1
Volume of industrial products sales
Volume of livestock production
Volume of crop production
Volume of foreign direct investments
Volume of capital investments
Volume of completed construction works
Volume of export
Volume of import
Volume of retail turnover
Volume of service sales
Size of the average monthly salary
Units of
measurement
2
mln UAH
mln UAH
mln UAH
thousand USD
mln UAH
thousand UAH
thousand USD
thousand USD
mln UAH
mln UAH
UAH
2013
2014
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102.7
131.8
395.5
433.6
58.2
2556
1052.5
883.3
104.6
19.8
2,060
4
383.4
129.4
388.1
443.4
73.9
4096
303.4
764.7
115.0
12.0
2,211
1.5. ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
The industrial sector of the district is represented by 14 enterprises of different
industries.
The largest industrial enterprises are Zbarazh Sugar Plant LLC, Ternopil
Carrier JSC, Zbarazh institution VC-63, Ahrovita Ltd. LLC, and Hraphit PE.
36 farms and 37 limited liability companies operate in the agricultural sector of
the district economy.
The Yevishovitse-Ukraine enterprise with foreign investments, which utilizes 4.9
thousand hectares of agricultural land, successfully operates in the district. In recent
years there has been a tendency to increase domestic investments in agricultural area.
From year to year, good results are reached by Kolosok AF and Good Samaritan PAP,
which cultivate 2,900 and 2,800 hectares of land respectively.
9 enterprises with foreign investments are registered in the district, 6 of
which are engaged in production activities. There are 204 employees on these
enterprises.
Direct investments in the area are 430 thousand USD.
The volume of capital investments is 43.9 million UAH, and 6.4 million UAH
are invested in housing construction.
District foreign trade turnover is 1068.1 thousand USD.
Export is 303.4 thousand USD, import – 764.7 thousand USD.
The production of alcohol and sugar constitute the main group of products that
form the structure of export.
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1.6. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Zbarazh district is located in a favorable economic environment. Motorway
Brest-Chernivtsi is the main corridor connecting the western part of Belarus with
Romania, the Balkan countries and Mediterranean countries.
The length of motorways is 374.5 km, including paved roads with the length
262.3 km and dirt roads – 112.2 km. The roads of national importance occupy 37.8 km,
local roads – 231.9 km.
The length of railway track is 26 kilometers. Distance from the district center to
Ternopil by the motorway is – 24 km, by railway – 22 km.
1.7 EDUCATION
25 community-owned pre-schools and 51 secondary schools are fully functioning
in the district. 5,458 students study in secondary schools. Zbarazh regional boarding
school for children with small and damped forms of tuberculosis functions in the
district. The educational process is provided by 977 teachers. Three extracurricular
educational institutions work in Zbarazh: the district municipal house of children and
teenagers, the station of young technicians and the children and youth sports school.
1.8 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SPHERE
There are two hospitals, a center of primary medical and sanitary care, 14
ambulatories, 9 rural medicinal ambulatories, 42 first aid stations in the district. Bed
fund of hospitals has not changed for the last six years, and amounts to 285 beds, as per
10 thousand population – 48.5. There are 848 staff positions employed in the health care
sector. In order to reform the brunch, the registration of Zbarazh district center of
primary medical and sanitary care was conducted in 2014. All licensing and
accreditation documents are prepared.
60 clubs and 28 arts groups with the titles “national” and “exemplary” operate in
the district.
There are 9 NGOs of physical culture and sports orientation of different legal
forms in the district, which are active and provide accessible services. They are:
- District Council of Kolos AF,
- Municipal District Children and Youth Sports School,
- Champion Sports Club,
- District Football Federation,
- Halych and Avanhard Football Clubs,
- District Federation of Weight Lifting,
- Sport for Everyone Center of physical health in Staryy Zbarazh.
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1.9 SUCCESS STORIES
Name and characteristics of the company
Yevishovitse LLC
The Company deals with land tillage.
Foreign direct investment is 8 million USD.
Yaytse-raytse LLC
The main activities are:
- Poultry breeding and eggs production,
- Mediation in food products trade,
- Wholesale trade of food products.
Foreign direct investment – 4.5 million
USD.
Iskra JSC Zbarazh branch (since 2013).
Two lines for the manufacturing of
electric lamps with the output of 50
thousand items of bulbs per shift were put
into operation.
The production process is served by 40
employees. Monthly wage fund is 80
thousand UAH. The average salary is 2
thousand UAH.
The installation of the third line for the
manufacturing of electric lamps has been
completed.
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SECTION ІІ. OFFERS FOR INVESTORS
2.1. PRIORITY AREAS FOR INVESTMENT
The priority areas of investments into the development of the district are:
- Development of agro-industrial complex (processing of agricultural
products);
- Development of tourist infrastructure facilities and recreational
infrastructure;
- Extraction and processing of local mineral resources.
The district is attractive in the sphere of tourist industry, which is associated
with the availability of numerous monuments of nature, culture, history and
architecture. The National Historical and Architectural Reserve “Castles of Ternopil”,
NGO “Fund for Development of Zbarazh in the XXI century”, the executive
committees of Zbarazh City Council and Vyshnivets Village Council are involved in the
development of tourism infrastructure.
Competitive advantages of investing the economy of the region:
- Advantageous transport location of the district;
- Favorable natural and climatic conditions;
- Free real estate objects and land plots;
- Unique historical, architectural and natural heritage;
- Significant reserves of raw materials;
- Untapped potential of the workforce;
- Available educational base for training of specialists.
2.2. STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
No
Name of the
project
Initiator
1
Construction and
putting into
operation of
Dovbush Mount
Tourist and
Entertainment
Complex
Zbarazh District
State
Administration
Approximate
cost
(mln.UAH)
21.4
Payback
period
Short description
5 years
There is a land plot
available for the
project on the territory
of Zaluzhzhya Village
Council
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Development of
Dobryvody lime
deposit
Dobryvody
Village Council
1.5
2 years
Situated on the
territory of Dobryvody
Village Vouncil
Possible extraction of
stone for construction
industry.
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VACANT LAND PLOTS AND REAL ESTATE OBJECTS
Area
Location
Short description
Ground sections
2 ha
56, D.Halytskyy
Str., Zbarazh
district
Land plot for industrial
activity.
Distance to the
motorway (KyivTernopil) – 0.5 km, to
the nearest railway
station – 1.7 km, to the
city of Ternopil –
19 km.
12.7
ha
Zaluzhzhya,
Zbarazh district
Land plot for industrial
activity.
Distance to the nearest
railway station is
0.5 km, to the city of
Ternopil – 20 km.
3 ha
Bazaryntsi,
Zbarazh district
Land plot for
construction. Distance
to the motorway (KyivTernopil) – 2.5 km, to
the nearest railway
station – 0.3 km, to the
city of Ternopil –
20 km.
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SECTION III. CONTACT INFORMATION
ZBARAZH DISTRICT STATE ADMINISTRATION
1, Ivan Franko Square, Zbarazh, Ternopil Region, 47302
Tel.: (03550) 2-11-78, 2-12-78
e-mail: zba_rda@zba.tr.ukrtel.net
web-site: http://www.oda.te.gov.ua/zbarazka
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
OF ZBARAZH DISTRICT STATE ADMINISTRATION
1, Ivan Franko Square, Zbarazh, Ternopil Region, 47302
Tel.: (03550) 2-12-36, 2-18-40
e-mail: zbar-ekonomika@ukr.net